Thunder Brute
Creature — Cyclops
Trample
Tribute 3 (As this creature enters, an opponent of your choice may put three +1/+1 counters on it.)
When this creature enters, if tribute wasn't paid, it gains haste until end of turn.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Born of the Gods
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #28258
Thunder Brute enters as an 8/8 trampler and hands every other creature you control a trample counter — that's a board-wide keyword grant stapled to a massive body for six mana. The rate is real, and in any deck that goes wide with big creatures, Thunder Brute pulls more than its weight.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Thunder Brute actually belongs — six mana is acceptable in a format full of ramp, and handing trample to an entire board of tokens or stompy creatures is the kind of one-sided effect that closes games. In Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, a six-mana creature that doesn't immediately win or protect itself is too slow against the format's interaction density, and the trample-granting effect doesn't rescue it from that problem. Thunder Brute is a Commander card that happens to be legal elsewhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Thunder Brute is deep bulk — pick it up in any common-bin sweep without a second thought. Bulk rare prices rarely move without tournament demand, and this one has none, so don't expect the number to change.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.